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DAY OUT: <\/strong>Prestwick Carr, Northumberland\/Tyne and Wear <\/h5>\n\n

From the city to Mire<\/h2>\n\n

This rare habitat just north of Newcastle has attracted naturalists for centuries; visit in autumn, when waders begin to gather and owls haunt the mire, says Anthony <\/strong>Toole <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Star species: winter-visiting short-eared owls are daytime hunters <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

Spreading from Newcastle\u2019s northwest corner into Northumberland, Prestwick Carr is a rare lowland raised mire. From a small crossroads parking space north of Prestwick, it can be surveyed from any of four roadways. <\/p>\n\n

Flocks of fieldfares and redwings grace the hedgerows to the sides of a rough track leading north. A roe deer, emboldened by a watery barrier, might watch as you quietly pass by. The damp, occasionally inundated fields have, in more than one year, welcomed a great grey shrike and an eastern yellow wagtail, while buzzards habitually circle over a forested patch. <\/p>\n\n

The east roadway leads past a feeding station frequented by almost every variety of tit and finch, including bullfinch and willow tit. A viewing platform looks over the wetland, which is visited by little egrets and snipe, and regularly quartered by short-eared owls. <\/p>\n\n

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Owl magic <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Tune in to BBC Radio Four\u2019s Tweet of the Day <\/em>to hear how photographing short-eared owls helped teenager Josh Myers control the symptoms of Tourette\u2019s syndrome. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

Anthony Toole is a freelance travel and science writer. <\/p>\n\n

Photos: RSPB Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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